Characterizing Provenance in Visualization and Data Analysis: An Organizational Framework of Provenance Types and Purposes

While the primary goal of visual analytics research is to improve the quality of insights and findings, a substantial amount of research in provenance has focused on the history of changes and advances throughout the analysis process. The term, provenance, has been used in a variety of ways to descr...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2016-01, Vol.22 (1), p.31-40
Main Authors: Ragan, Eric D., Endert, Alex, Sanyal, Jibonananda, Jian Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic provenance
Analytics
Cognition
Conceptual model
Data analysis
Data visualization
Framework
History
Knowledge based engineering
Mathematical analysis
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Organizations
Provenance
Visual analytics
Visual fields
Visualization
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Summary:While the primary goal of visual analytics research is to improve the quality of insights and findings, a substantial amount of research in provenance has focused on the history of changes and advances throughout the analysis process. The term, provenance, has been used in a variety of ways to describe different types of records and histories related to visualization. The existing body of provenance research has grown to a point where the consolidation of design knowledge requires cross-referencing a variety of projects and studies spanning multiple domain areas. We present an organizational framework of the different types of provenance information and purposes for why they are desired in the field of visual analytics. Our organization is intended to serve as a framework to help researchers specify types of provenance and coordinate design knowledge across projects. We also discuss the relationships between these factors and the methods used to capture provenance information. In addition, our organization can be used to guide the selection of evaluation methodology and the comparison of study outcomes in provenance research.
ISSN:1077-2626
1941-0506
DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2015.2467551